The Bureau of the Economic and Social Council

The Bureau of the Economic and Social Council is elected by the Council at large at the beginning of each annual session. The Bureau's main functions are to propose the agenda, draw up a programme of work and organize the session with the support of the United Nations Secretariat.

The members of the Bureau for 2004 are as follows:

President of ECOSOC: H. E. Ambassador Marjatta Rasi (Finland)

Vice-President of ECOSOC: H. E. Ambassador Yashar Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

Vice-President of ECOSOC: H. E. Ambassador Daw Penjo (Bhutan)

Vice-President of ECOSOC: H. E. Ambassador Stafford O'Neil (Jamaica)

Vice-President of ECOSOC: H. E. Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius)